Finding Anime in NYC - New York City Anime

Finding Anime in NYC - New York City Anime

Finding Anime in NYC
This presentation is a work in progress, last revised 25 April 2014
A version of this presentation was used in a panel at the New York Anime Festival (NYAF) 2007, NYAF 2
NYAF 2007 panelists: Clyde Adams III, Pablo Martinez, Ralph Young
NYAF 2009 panelists: Clyde Adams III, Pablo Martinez, Angela Washington, Ralph Young
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Finding Anime in NYC
Presented under the auspices of the
Asia Pacific Forums, Ltd.
dedicated to the promotion of broader and deeper
appreciation, awareness and understanding on
Asia and the Pacific
Asia Pacific Forums, Ltd. was incorporated in 2003 in New York as a Class B Cultural and Educational not
Clyde Adams III has been a director and officer (currently president) of the corporation since 2008.
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New York City Anime
http://nyc-anime.com/
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Finding Anime in NYC
Where can I get anime (& manga)?
Where can I watch anime?
Where can I attend clubs & conventions?
Where can I attend other anime-related events?
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Where can I get anime & manga in
NYC?
Mainstream sources
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Bookstores
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Video stores
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Public libraries
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Comic book stores
Private manga libraries
Specialty stores
Japanese stores
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Where can I get anime & manga in
NYC?
Comic book stores (examples only)
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Bulletproof Comics
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Chameleon Comics & Cards
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Cosmic Comics
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Forbidden Planet
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Jim Hanley's Universe
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Midtown Comics
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St. Mark’s Comics
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Where can I get anime & manga in
NYC?
Private manga Libraries
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MoCCA Manga Library (CLOSED)
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AnimeNEXT Manga Library
Specialty stores
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Anime Castle
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Image Anime
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Kim’s Video
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rareFLIX.com
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Chinatown stores
The Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art (MoCCA) manga library is now closed; it was open to MoCCA me
The AnimeNEXT manga library is a roaming library that opens at Japanese-pop-culture-related events; the
Botanic Garden.
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Kim’s Video
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Where can I get anime & manga in
NYC?
Japanese stores
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Japanese new book stores
Asahiya (CLOSED)
Dori Dori
Kinokuniya
OCS Bookstore
Sanseido
Sanseido is in the Mitsuwa shopping center in Edgewater NJ.
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Kinokuniya
Kinokuniya Bookstores, 1073 6th Ave (btw 40th & 41st St), New York NY 10018 (main NYC
store), +1-212-869-1700, open Monday–Saturday 10:00–20:00, Sunday 11:00–19:30
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Sanseido Books at Mitsuwa, NJ
Sanseido Bookstore, 595 River Rd #120 (in Mitsuwa shopping center), Edgewater NJ 070201104, +1-201-941-1564, open 10:00–20:00 daily
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Where can I get anime & manga in
NYC?
Japanese stores (continued)
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Japanese used book & video stores
Book-Off
JBC Books
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Japanese video stores
Akean Video
Goraku
HQ Video
Midnight Video
Wanpaku USA
The Book-Off linked here is in Manhattan; there is or was also one in Westchester.
The JBC Books I’m somewhat familiar with is near the Mitsuwa shopping center in Edgewater NJ, but I thi
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Book-Off (old)
Book-Off old location until March 2010, 14 E 41st St
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Book-Off
Book-Off current location since April 2010, 49 W 45th St (btw 5th & 6th Ave), New York NY
10036, +1-212-685-1410, open 10:00–20:00.
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Goraku
Goraku: Japanese DVD, Manga, & Internet cafe
129 E 47th St btw Lexington & 3rd Ave, New York NY 10017, +1-212-827-0502
Open Monday–Friday 10:00–24:00, Saturday 10:30–24:00, Sunday 11:00–22:00
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HQ Video
HQ Video: Japanese video sales and rental
21 W 45th St Fl 2 (btw 5th & 6th Ave), New York NY 10036-4908, +1-212-221-0027
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Where can I get anime & manga in
NYC?
Chinatown stores
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Anime Cookies
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D & V Imports
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Elizabeth Center (“Penguin Village”)
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Iki Iki
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J & L Game Trading
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Unet
This list is from the Blue Shinra Project as of Summer 2008, where more information can be found:
http://blueshinra.com/misc/shopping.shtml
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D & V Imports
D & V Imports
210 Canal St (btw Baxter & Mulberry St), New York NY 10013-4155, +1-212-227-2212
60 Mott St (btw Canal & Bayard St), New York NY 10013-4811, +1-212-791-3391
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Where can I watch anime in NYC?
Clubs & conventions
Listings
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Japan Foundation list of Japanese film screenings
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Subway Cinema blog on Asian film
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Japan Consul’s list of cultural events
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New York-Tokyo
Mainstream venues
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Regular cinema
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Art Cinema
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Film festivals
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Where can I watch anime in NYC?
Specialty venues
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ImaginAsian Theater (now Big Cinemas Manhattan)
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Japan Society
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New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF)
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New York International Children’s Film Festival
(NYICFF)
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Where can I attend clubs &
conventions in NYC?
Independent anime clubs
Meetups
Public library anime clubs
School anime clubs
Ongoing anime-related conventions
Club mini-conventions
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Anime clubs
(Note: clubs can have regular meetings and/or special
events)
Independent anime clubs
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Metro Anime (homeless)
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Anime Club of Long Island (ACOLI)
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Hudson Heights Anime Club
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Soho Host Club
Meetups
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Anime Meetup NYC
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Manga & Comics Meetup NYC
There are many public library anime clubs.
Many, including the Mineola Library Anime Club, are for teens, not adults.
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Metro Anime club (old)
Metro Anime club meeting in Maui Tacos in midtown (now closed)
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Metro Anime club
Metro Anime club now holds special free screenings here every 2 or 3 months starting August
2013:
Producers’ Club, 358 W 44th St near SE corner with 9th Ave, New York NY 10036-5426, +1212-315-4743
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Anime Meetup
Cafe R, 116 W 32nd St btw 6th & 7th Ave, New York NY 10001, +1-212-695-9550
NYC Anime Meetup meets here typically on the 2nd Thursday of each month.
NYC Manga Meetup meets here typically on the 4th Wednesday of each month.
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Anime Meetup
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Anime clubs
(Note: clubs can have regular meetings and/or
special events)
Public library anime clubs
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New York Public Library (various branches)
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Brooklyn Public Library (various branches)
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Mineola Library Anime Club
There are many public library anime clubs.
Many, including the Mineola Library Anime Club, are for teens, not adults.
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Anime clubs
(Note: clubs can have regular meetings and/or special
events)
School anime clubs (examples only)
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Anime Asylum (Baruch College)
Columbia University Anime Club (CUAC)
NYU Club Anime
[Brooklyn] Polytechnic Anime Society (PAS)
Stevens Anime Club (Stevens Institute of Technology,
Hoboken NJ)
Rutgers Japanese Cultural Association (RUJCA, JCA) (New
Brunswick NJ)
This is a tiny sample of the very numerous school anime clubs.
Many colleges and high schools have anime clubs; some schools (like Stuyvesant High School) have or had
Many school anime clubs cease activity during the summer; Stevens Anime Club is an exception.
The meetings of many school clubs, including those at Columbia and NYU, are effectively closed to most o
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Anime cons
Ongoing anime-related conventions
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MangaNEXT (New Jersey) 2012-02-24—26 (not every year)
I-Con (Long Island) (Sci-fi con with anime track) (Latest
2012)
LI-Con (Long Island) (Sci-fi con with anime track)
2014-03-29—30
Zenkaikon (Philadelphia) 2014-04-25—27
AnimeNEXT (New Jersey) 2014-06-06—08
Senshi Matsuri (Manhattan) 2013-06-30 (1-shot?)
New York Anime Festival (NYAF) / New York Comic Con
(NYCC) (Manhattan) 2014-10-09—12
ShinkouCon (New Jersey) 2015-06-26—28
Other sci-fi cons (like Lunacon) may have anime content
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Anime cons
Club mini-conventions
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AniMiniCon SoHo 2012-08-10—12
SpringFest 2014-03-15—16 by [Brooklyn]
Polytechnic Anime Society (PAS)
PAS-Con 2011-12-03 by [Brooklyn] Polytechnic
Anime Society (PAS)
Castle Point Anime Convention (CPAC)
2014-04-06 by Stevens Anime Club (Castle Point
on Hudson, Hoboken NJ)
BAACon 2014-04-25 by Anime Asylum (Baruch
College)
CPAC is an annual spring convention starting in 2008
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Where can I attend other animerelated events?
Fan events
Vendor promotional events
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Book events, trade shows, New York-Tokyo
Educational events
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MoCCA, a/p/a at NYU, Japan Society, libraries,
Asia Pacific Forums
Charitable fund-raising events
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Charity auctions, Orphans International Worldwide
(OIWW) fundraiser
a/p/a is the Asia / Pacific /America institute of NYU
OIWW is Orphans International WorldWide
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MoCCA event
2007-10-22 MoCCA event
Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art (MoCCA) at its old location on Broadway
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MoCCA event
2007-10-22 MoCCA event sign
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MoCCA event
2007-10-22 MoCCA event audience
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MoCCA event
2007-10-22 MoCCA event speaker: Brian Camp
Subject: “Anime Adaptations of Manga Classics”
Brian is author (with Julie Davis) of Anime Classics Zettai! 100 Must-See Japanese Animation
Masterpieces (2007)
His blog is: Brian Camp’s Film and Anime Blog: Flash Gordon meets Cowboy Bebop at
Shaolin Temple
http://briandanacamp.wordpress.com/
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Appendix 1: Toys
Image Anime
KidRobot
Toy Tokyo
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Image Anime
Toys and models
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KidRobot
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Toy Tokyo
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Toy Tokyo
Godzilla and Clyde Adams III at Toy Tokyo; photo from Time Out New York April 2008
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Appendix 2: Past & gone
Anime Crash
Asahiya
Café Atom
Games & James
Mangaya
Octopus Kingdom
Otakuden
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Anime Crash
Anime Crash on E 4th St in NoHo
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Octopus Kingdom
Octopus Kingdom, 150 Lafayette St
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Otakuden
Otakuden (formerly Games & James), 732 Broadway
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From Time Out New York April 2008
Clyde Adams III in custom Ranma ½ sweatshirt in front of Vagabond mural at Kinokuniya
Books
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